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News 20/08/2019
Kennedys appoints Suzanne Liversidge as managing partner following continued growth
We are pleased to announce that we have appointed Suzanne Liversidge as our first global managing partner. She will work alongside Nick Thomas, who has been senior partner for over 20 years and was re-elected for a fifth term in 2017, following an uncontested ballot.
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Article 26/07/2019
Innovation: piercing the legal services addiction
This is the third in a series of articles on the topic of innovation in the legal services field by Partner Richard West.
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News 24/06/2019
Kennedys celebrates two years of US merger with continued growth
In the Americas, two years since we merged with Carroll McNulty & Kull (CMK), we have reported 16% growth which has been supported by a 12% increase in headcount across our offices in New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, Philadelphia, Austin and Miami. Globally, our total headcount exceeds 2,000 for the first time in our history with developments in the Americas playing a crucial part in reaching this number.
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News 10/06/2019
Record-breaking year for Kennedys as turnover tops £200m and investment continues
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Article 22/05/2019
Peru: update on "claims made"
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the validity of the "claims made" policies in Peru, in connection to a non-binding opinion issued by the Peruvian Insurance Regulator (SBS). The SBS concluded in such opinion, that liability policies (even regarding financial lines) should be underwritten under occurrence basis according to the Peruvian Insurance Contract Law.
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News 29/04/2019
Kennedys hires partner in Dubai to bolster international arbitration capabilities
We are pleased to announce that international arbitration specialist Celine Abi Habib Kanakri has joined our Dubai office as a partner. Joining from Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla, Celine’s practice is focused on complex UAE and international arbitration across a range of industry sectors.
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Article 17/04/2019
Peru: "claims made" policies still valid
There has been a lot of talk, perhaps too much talk, following the recent non-binding opinion of the legal counsel of the local regulator SBS against the universally-accepted “claims made” system of insuring certain liability risks. The SBS opinion is unhelpful and misguided, but relatively inoffensive, and the markets can continue underwriting on this basis.
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News 29/03/2019
Kennedys wins Management Partner of the Year at Legal Business Awards 2019
We are delighted to announce that Nick Thomas was awarded Management Partner of the Year at last night’s Legal Business Awards.
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News 28/03/2019
Kennedys breaks new ground by forming associations in Central America and the Caribbean
We are pleased to confirm that we have become the first international law firm to establish a presence in each of the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Panama as we continue to increase our global footprint through three new Associations.
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Article 23/01/2019
Google fined €50 million under GDPR
The French data protection regulator, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Liberties (CNIL), has levied a fine of €50 million against technology giant Google for breaches of the GDPR.